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Got on the elevator with Bob Seger in Denver once, but wasn't sure till he came on stage several hours later. He put on an awesome show.

I've been to a few.

I went to some big rock & roll, mini Woodstock extravaganzas,..and I've been to see some big names in relatively small venues, but the one that stands out was a concert by Hank Williams Jr. somewhere back around 1980 or so.

He was hot back then and selling a lot of records.

The concert was in a big ballroom type affair in a 50's era hotel complex,..The Continental Inn,...here in Lexington, KY.

It was like a giant bar.

There were tables and chairs set up for everybody,..waitresses wandering through the crowd taking orders,...sometimes they even brought you what you had requested.

Hank Jr. is actually a very talented, very musically schooled guy.

He played with his band, and he did quite a bit of solo stuff while playing a piano.

Everybody was very appreciative and it seemed like Hank Jr liked the atmosphere of the place.

He worked very hard that night,....stayed out on stage for a good 2,...maybe 2.5 hours.

I got there very early with my date,..a skinny lil' blonde mountain girl that I was seeing at the time. We had a table right in front of the stage.

The door out of the place was in the back and it took us a while to get out after the concert was over.

A bunch of people was standing up congregated in front of the stage,..waiting to work our way to the exits after the concert had ended and the roadies were out taking down the equipment,...and one of them started hitting on my date there in front of the stage.

Kinda pissed me off,...but it was evident that the girl was flattered.

But you know,...I knew she was a hoe when I invited her to go to the concert with me,...That's why I did it,...*shrugg*,..so I really couldn't get too worked up about the situation.

Still,...I wasn't gonna let the roadie screw my date *that* night.

He was gonna have to stay in town and do it tomorrow.

*That* night,..*I* had paid for her drinks.

The most memorable was Crosby, Still, Nash and Young in Milwaukee around 1974. They played in the old Brewers Stadium. They came out and played for a couple hours, then left the stage and came back out to do solos and all kinds of combos with one another. Then they came back and played for another hour or so and did 3 encores. About 5 hours long.

I've also seen The Grateful Dead and Yes, several times each, the Allman Bros, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Nuge a few times, Chicago, Boston, ELP, Grand Funk Railroad, KISS and the Pope the same day, and a whole lot more I can't recall just now.

I still go to concerts but these days they are all Christian artists.

I've been to over 100 concerts, as a musician, and music freak I go all the time.

ONE of the best I've ever been to was SRV in the late 80's - after he'd cleaned up - at the Greek in California (a great small outdoor place).

The power of that band was off the charts. Just amazing.

The list of other great shows would take me a couple days to write.

Holy crap! I can't possibly remember 'em all. But, a couple stand out. Lynard Skynard opening for The Who in '72. WOW!! Hank Jr. at Monterey Fairgrounds in '85, Eagles in 2011 and Roger Waters in 2012 with whoever that was on lead guitar. Amazing player! Too many others to recall. Now, I just play my own guitar for the hell of it. Love Fender guitars.

I've been to quite a few, the ones that stand out are:

YES, about 1978

The Police, 1983-84 Synchronicity tour

Neil Young, every time. The guy delivers.

Rush, early 80s. Really great band at that point.

Bob Dylan, about 7 years ago. His voice was shot but it was still fun and the crowd was into it.

Norton Buffalo was bad azz. Saw him a number of times. Wet Willie and Elvin Bishop also put on great shows.

Al Dimeola , Rainbow Music Hall Denver '80.

1) Probably Faith no more opening for Metallica and GNR.

Ozfest 98. Coal chamber, Sevendust, Tool, Motorhead. I'd seen Ozzie on the retirmennt sucks tour. Megadeath was there too, but Mustain was never the same once he cleaned up. The Van's warped tour was there as well. All in all, there were about 40 bands on multiple stages. The only band I'd ever heard of from the warped tour was Rancid.

Grateful Dead Barton Hall Cornell in 1977, Bruce Springsteen Giant's Stadium 2009, Crosby Stills Nash and Young Bethel Woods 2006, Peter Frampton Plattsburgh State University 1975, Jessie Winchester at Morrison Mansion Middletown NY 2006, John Fogerty Bethel Woods 2014, The Talking Heads SPAC 1983, Levon Helm Midnight Ramble at his barn 2008, and Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Burlington VT 1975.

Not a concert per se but used to see BB King at a club in Dallas in the 80's. Absolutely amazing!

DAC at a bar in Athens OH.

Been to a few good ones but nothing will ever beat White Zombie and Pantera in San Jose Ca.. Both were monsters on top of their game and each put on a show that was pure brutal metal....
Nothing like being on the floor at a show like that.

Hadn't been to very many big concerts, mostly local talent and Texas Music around central Texas, but we just went to see the Eagles on their "History of the Eagles" tour. Concert was in San Antonio. The show was great, they played for 3.5 hours. Bernie Leadon joined them for a number of songs at the start and toward the end. We were on the floor 7th row. Had a good time. 40+ years of making good music. You don't see many bands where all the members sing lead vocals on different songs.

Garth Brooks really put on a good show back in the day.

Also saw Shania Twain who was good, but she had a bunch of kids on stage with her out of the audience who were really enjoying themselves and will remember that forever. Cool beans.

Back in about 93/94 we went to see The Smithereens at a small club in Houston called The Blue Door. It was fantastic. It was loud...but those guys could play the crap out of their instruments. And their vocals were equally good.

1971-2-ish Michael Nesmith, the Byrds, and Linda Ronstadt on the same show at Blackham Coliseum, LAfayette, LA. Ronstadt and the Byrds were great. I am pretty sure I saw at least 1 future Eagle in Linda ronstadt's band. Also, it was free with my college ID.

2. 2009 Eagles " East of Eden" in New Orleans, LA - about 3 hours of nothing but Eagles music.

Early 1970's ZZ Top at Kickapoo Cantego in Wichita Falls Texas. Early 1980's Hank Williams Jr. Casper Wyoming 2nd night. The first night was canceled due to storms. We had the center section 1st two rows and he played acoustical for about an hour before the band came out. Sometime in the 1971 (haha) Allman Brothers in Austin Texas. Lastly in 1979 Stevie Ray Vaughn in Soap Creek Saloon outside of Austin.

August 1969 stationed in Norfolk Va. just back from the Nam. One of the navy types i knew asked if I wanted to go along to a concert some place in New York. I took a pass one of the decisions I will always regret.

Bob Dylan at Davidson College in 2006

Eric Church, Kip Moore, Justin Moore in 2012

DMB in Raleigh in 98

Guster in 2003.

Ben Folds put on a pretty good show too